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Nationalism
Pleased by the successful negotiations with foreign nations, Americans formed a sense of pride and loyalty to the nation, also known as nationalism. This began during the war of 1812. -
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Era of Good Feelings
This time was the Era of Good Feelings, an era of peace, pride, and progress. The phrase came from an editor of a Boston magazine during Monroe's visit to New England. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain and the U.S. signed the Adam-Onis Treaty that settled all disputes between them. This made Spain give up Florida and the U.S. give up Texas. America also had to pay $5 million dollars to Spain -
McCalloch v. Mayland
Jackson gave the Second BAnk a 20-year charter which many states opposed. Maryland tried to pass a taz that would limit the Bank's operations, but Janmes McCalloch refused to pay it so he was taken to court. In McCalloch v. Maryland, court ruled the national bank was constitiutional. -
Missouri Compromise
There was a disagreement in 1819 when congress considered Missouri entering the Union as a slave state. To protect the power of the free states, the house passed on amendment that they would accept Missouri but it would be illegal to import slaves there. The Missouri Compromise settled the conflict from Missouri's application, which had 3 conditions; 1. Missouri would be a slave state 2. Maine would be a free state 3. Slavery would be prohibited in any Northen new territiories or states formed -
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Santa Fe Trail
It was an important trail to the west that lead from Independence to New Mexico. It followed an ancient trading route, so many traders sold manufactured goods for horses, mules, and silver. There was a reported 2,000 percent profit. -
Monroe Doctrine
Mexico broke free from Spain in 1821 and America supported them, but would not fight in wars against European countries. Britain wanted to issue a joint statement with the U.S. about this, so we made the Monroe Doctrine which was an exculsive statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas. -
Bureau of Indian Affairs
To manage Indian removal to western lands, congress approved the creation of a new government agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs. -
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Jacksonian Democracy
During Andrew Jackson's time of populatity, many states changed their qualifications for voters. Political pary members began chosing the party's canidates in nominating conventions. This time was known as the Jacsonian Democracy. -
Spoils System
As president, Jackson rewarded some of his supporters with government jobs. This is the spoils system-the practice of giving government jobs to political backers. -
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Nullification Crisis
Calhoun's theory that states had the right to nullify or reject laws drew some challengers from the north. Conflict between the supporters and opposers deepened. The dispute became known as the Nullification Crisis -
Tariff of Abominations
In 1827, northern manufactureres demanded a tariff on imported wooden goods because Britian could make goods cheaper, putting American companis out of business. Congress placed a high tariff on imprts, causing angry southerners to call it the Tariff of Abominations. Adams' popularity lessened when he signed it, -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson and other political leaders wanted to settle in the land that the Native Americans live. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, authorizing the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the west. -
Indian Territory
Congress then established Indian, U.S. land where Native Americans moved to. It was believed to avoid further conflicts with them. -
States Rights Doctrine
John C. Calhoun drafted the "South Carolina Exposition and Protes" in pprotest to the Tariff of Abominations. He used the protest saying congress shouldn't favor states to advance the States' Rights Doctrine. It stated taht since the states had formend the national government, state power should be greater than federal power. -
Whig Party
In 1834, a new political party formed to oppose Jackson whose members called dthemselves Whigs. The Whig party believed in a weak president and a strong congress. They also thought that Jackson used his power like a king. -
Alamo
Santa Anna gathered troops to stop the Texans' rebellion, occupying the Alamo, an abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution. On March 6th, they attacked. -
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Trail of Tears
In the spring of 1838, the U.S. troops moved Cherokees to Indian Territory, an 800 mile march. During the march, Cherokee suffered from disease, hunger, and harsh weather, leading to one fouth of the 18,000 Cherokee dying. -
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Oregon Trail
Daring stories of mountain men and treatis of the U.S. government inspired Americans to move west. Settlers began moving to Oregon Country in the 1840s by following the Oregon Trail. It's a 2,000 mile-long trail in the west. -
Manifest Destiny
By the 1840s, america's economy and population boomed, but they needed more space. The west was ready to be taken, so some believed it was America's manifest destiny, of obvious fate, to settle land. -
Donner Party
It was a group of western travelers who went to California, but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during winter. They found the gold leading to the gold rush. -
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California Gold Rush
In 1848, a carpenter was sent to build a sawmill in California, where he found gold. In 1849, 80,000 gold-seekers came who are called fourty-niners. -
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Fourty-Niners
They are gold seeking migrants that participated in the California Gold Rush. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
After the Bear Flag Revoltand war, the U.S. and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in Febuary 1848. It officially ended the war and made Mexico turn over its northern territory. -
Gadsden Purchase
After the war with Mexico, some Americans wanted to garunetee that a railroad to California would be built on U.S. soil. This lead to the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, in which the U.S. paid Mexico $10 million in exchange for the south.
